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Back numbers: 2025

The front pages of every issue of 2025. Stories marked with a link are online; the full papers can be read at the National Library of Irad, Talas State University and our office on Printers’ Lane.

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No. 1,484 · Thursday 2 January 2025

  • Investigation The New Year budget and the lines that moved overnight
  • Society Epiphany water blessings held in Talas
  • Money January wage payments delayed at two district offices

No. 1,485 · Thursday 9 January 2025

  • Investigation Heating subsidies: who qualified and who did not
  • Politics Mejlis opens its winter session
  • Culture Christmas concerts close at the cathedral

No. 1,486 · Thursday 16 January 2025

  • Investigation A cut-price land lease near Boz-Tektir
  • Society Ruslan Toktarov's remark on Muslim loyalty draws a clerical reply
  • Courts Talas court reads a verdict in a tenancy dispute

No. 1,487 · Thursday 23 January 2025

  • Investigation Why the January sweeps of Kenkol were not announced
  • Money Hay prices rise as snow lingers on the high pastures
  • Sport Winter friendlies pit Tulpar against visiting clubs

No. 1,488 · Thursday 30 January 2025

  • Investigation Antimony tailings: the 2021 report and what followed
  • Politics Opposition deputies press for a hearing on the Governor
  • Society Bread and fuel prices edge up in Nurzhan

No. 1,489 · Thursday 6 February 2025

  • Investigation Who is paid to inspect the Chu bridges
  • Money Customs revenue falls at the northern crossings
  • Culture A winter exhibition of Iradi saddles opens

No. 1,490 · Thursday 13 February 2025

  • Investigation The February tender with one invited bidder
  • Politics Bekzatov and Ilyasov condemn the American remarks on Irad
  • Society Rumours of a sale spread through the Talas bazaars

No. 1,491 · Thursday 20 February 2025

  • Investigation What officials knew before the American remarks
  • Politics Tens of thousands expected at the Talas march
  • Society Dress Day falls amid the marches

No. 1,492 · Thursday 27 February 2025

  • Investigation Who told Washington about Irad, and who was asked
  • Society Marches in Talas and Nurzhan pass without arrests
  • Money Hotels report cancellations as protests continue

No. 1,493 · Thursday 6 March 2025

  • Investigation The protest-week permits and who signed them
  • Sport Rival fans unite under one banner at the Arena
  • Money Tulpar loses users after posts brand it the American app

No. 1,494 · Thursday 13 March 2025

No. 1,495 · Thursday 20 March 2025

  • Investigation Lobbyists linked to IradOne chief pitched Irad in Washington, sources say
  • Politics IradOne Media Group calls the report fiction
  • Culture The post does not issue slogans

No. 1,496 · Thursday 27 March 2025

  • Investigation The new health minister and the directive that named her
  • Politics Opposition asks what the directive means for the Governor's powers
  • Society Spring planting begins on the Chu plain

No. 1,497 · Thursday 3 April 2025

  • Investigation Measles round: who was vaccinated and who was missed
  • Money Spring wool prices open at the Talas auction
  • Courts Talas court hears a fuel-quota dispute

No. 1,498 · Thursday 10 April 2025

  • Investigation The Hippodrome's ten-year renewal
  • Culture Lenten programme at St. Janyl's Cathedral
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi both win on the same weekend

No. 1,499 · Thursday 17 April 2025

  • Investigation Easter week and the price of lamb
  • Society Holy Week services fill Iradi parishes
  • Politics Mejlis hears the spring accounts

No. 1,500 · Thursday 24 April 2025

  • Investigation The sixteenth open day at the State Stud and its costs
  • Culture Zharkyn's birthday draws schoolchildren to the stud
  • Money Walnut exports to Turkey hold up

No. 1,501 · Thursday 1 May 2025

  • Investigation Wage arrears at a Nurzhan machine works
  • Courts Court sets a hearing in the wage dispute
  • Society May Day concerts held without a march

No. 1,502 · Thursday 8 May 2025

  • Investigation Who is behind the new Talas parking charges
  • Politics Mejlis passes a transport committee report
  • Sport Irad Cup quarter-finals reach the Arena

No. 1,503 · Thursday 15 May 2025

  • Investigation A field survey that nobody has published
  • Money Dollar cash scarcer at the Talas changers
  • Culture Spring book fair at the University

No. 1,504 · Thursday 22 May 2025

  • Investigation The Chu drainage works and the three-year delay
  • Society School tests begin for twelfth-grade pupils
  • Courts Talas court dismisses a land claim

No. 1,505 · Thursday 29 May 2025

  • Investigation The ward rebuilt with money meant for another
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor reviews the summer programme
  • Society Summer pastures open in the high valleys

No. 1,506 · Thursday 5 June 2025

  • Investigation The Starlight anniversary and the cooler welcome for Washington
  • Culture Children's Day fair fills Central City Park
  • Money Cattle prices firm at the Nurzhan feedlots

No. 1,507 · Thursday 12 June 2025

No. 1,508 · Thursday 19 June 2025

  • Investigation The Master of the Hills and what it left out
  • Courts Jogorku residents ask for titling hearings
  • Society Church charities assist Jogorku families

No. 1,509 · Thursday 26 June 2025

  • Investigation The city's summer street-cleaning contract
  • Politics Mejlis rises for the summer
  • Culture Midsummer evenings at the Hippodrome

No. 1,510 · Thursday 3 July 2025

  • Investigation The Governor's second summer in seclusion
  • Politics Succession questions grow as the Governor remains out of view
  • Money Remittances from Russia steady as costs rise

No. 1,511 · Thursday 10 July 2025

  • Investigation The Iradi caravan: what Bishkek says and what the ministry answers
  • Society Tribal crossings and the customary levy
  • Courts Court hears a cross-line cattle dispute

No. 1,512 · Thursday 17 July 2025

  • Investigation Finders, keepers: the archeparchy and the state
  • Courts The archeparchy's case over the manuscripts
  • Culture A medieval find divides church and state

No. 1,513 · Thursday 24 July 2025

  • Investigation The grain purchase price and the farmers it leaves out
  • Money Harvest starts early across the Chu belt
  • Society Hay cutting begins in the Talas valley

No. 1,514 · Thursday 31 July 2025

  • Investigation Antimony works hiring and who gets the jobs
  • Politics Opposition presses for answers on the summer budget
  • Sport Ulak teams register for autumn

No. 1,515 · Thursday 7 August 2025

  • Investigation The school-repair funds that arrived late
  • Society Guesthouses fill for the Feast of St. Janyl
  • Money Fuel prices steady at NurGaz stations

No. 1,516 · Thursday 14 August 2025

  • Investigation The pilgrim route, its buses and its costs
  • Culture Feast of St. Janyl draws pilgrims to Cathedral Hill
  • Courts Talas court sets a September date in a licence case

No. 1,517 · Thursday 21 August 2025

  • Investigation The Kurultai's 2027 terms and what the ISEZ has offered
  • Politics Kurultai sets terms for the 2027 Naryn talks
  • Society The clans gather on the Aksay Plateau

No. 1,518 · Thursday 28 August 2025

  • Investigation The Tulpar users who came back
  • Money Tulpar says it has won back the users it lost
  • Culture An episode America forgot returns on IradOne

No. 1,519 · Thursday 4 September 2025

  • Investigation Textbook prices and who sets them
  • Society September begins with shortages of teachers
  • Politics Education minister reviews the textbook list

No. 1,520 · Thursday 11 September 2025

  • Investigation Who maintains the district school buses
  • Money School costs rise for Nurzhan families
  • Sport Preseason friendlies for the Irad League

No. 1,521 · Thursday 18 September 2025

  • Investigation The heating contracts before the heating season
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews the autumn budget
  • Culture Talas hosts the biennial Film Festival

No. 1,522 · Thursday 25 September 2025

  • Investigation The film festival's permits and screening list
  • Society Autumn frost reaches the Talas Alatau
  • Courts Court hears a fuel-supply dispute

No. 1,523 · Thursday 2 October 2025

  • Investigation Hospital supplies in the districts, price by price
  • Money Walnut prices open above last year's
  • Society Harvest festivals fill village squares

No. 1,524 · Thursday 9 October 2025

  • Investigation The grain elevator lease and its terms
  • Politics The 2026 budget draft awaits the Governor's office
  • Sport Ulak league's opening weekend

No. 1,525 · Thursday 16 October 2025

  • Investigation The Nurzhan boiler contract and winter readiness
  • Society Heating season begins in Talas and Nurzhan
  • Culture Autumn show opens at the Palace of Art

No. 1,526 · Thursday 23 October 2025

  • Investigation Who pays for the autumn road patching
  • Money Dollar cash queues lengthen at Talasbank
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a refinery-yard theft case

No. 1,527 · Thursday 30 October 2025

  • Investigation The Kara-Ak derby and the stadium's security bill
  • Sport Kara-Ak derby decides the season's closing weekend
  • Society All Saints' services fill the churches

No. 1,528 · Thursday 6 November 2025

  • Investigation The 2026 budget: what the summary leaves out
  • Politics Mejlis begins hearings on the 2026 budget
  • Money Pension payments hold despite the street rate

No. 1,529 · Thursday 13 November 2025

No. 1,530 · Thursday 20 November 2025

  • Investigation Winter road closures and who decides
  • Society First snow closes the Fergana Gateway
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations announced

No. 1,531 · Thursday 27 November 2025

  • Investigation The Jogorku water tanker contracts
  • Politics Mejlis passes the 2026 budget summary
  • Money Heating bills rise across the cities

No. 1,532 · Thursday 4 December 2025

  • Investigation Who gets the Warm Winter coats
  • Society Warm Winter drive reaches the Kara-Buura villages
  • Courts Court sets a January date in a land case

No. 1,533 · Thursday 11 December 2025

  • Investigation A year of unpublished tenders
  • Politics The ruling party prepares for the 2027 election year
  • Culture Christmas concerts open at the cathedral

No. 1,534 · Thursday 18 December 2025

  • Investigation The Hippodrome and Nurik Baisalov's concession, a year on
  • Money December wages and the cost of the holidays
  • Sport Winter break begins for the Irad League

No. 1,535 · Thursday 25 December 2025

  • Investigation What the Times found in 2025, and what it could not confirm
  • The Times says Another year without the Governor and a country that still works
  • Society New Year preparations fill the Talas bazaars

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